What is the Judge Like? - is the Wrong Question.
Clients often ask me this question once a date has been set for their appeal hearing. This is usually approximately 2 years after they were first denied. Is the Judge nice? What are they like? Is it good for my case that we got this judge? Is the Judge fair? Will the Judge feel sorry for me? And so on. My response is that in almost all cases the judges are polite and treat the attorneys and their clients with respect. They don't show much emotion in their tone, word choice,
